Reed organ



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L. K. FULLER.

REED ORGAN.

No. 430,382. Patented June 17, 1890.

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REED ORGAN.

No. 430,382. Patented June 17. 1890.

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REED ORGAN. No. 430,382. Patented June 17, 1890.

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LEVI K. FULLER, OF BRATTLEBOROUGH, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ESTEY ORGANCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 430,382, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed January 8, 1889. Serial No. 295,754. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI K. FULLER, acitizen ot' the United States, anda resident of Brattlehorough, in the county of Vindham and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements inReed-Organs, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of the cases of reed-organsgand the object of the invention is to facilitate access to the interiorof the case for repairs, adjustment, dzc.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter, and its novel featurescarefully defined in the claims.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure l is afront elevation of the upper portion of an organ embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical transverse section of the upper portion of the organ on alarger scale than Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are views, on a scalesomewhat smaller than Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating the application of myimprovements to an organ-case. Fig. 4 is a front view of the organ, andFig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 is a detachedfragmentary View on a larger scale.

The improvements relate to the construction of the music-desk, key-slip,and front board, whereby these parts are provided with non-positiveretainers or fastenings, such as will render them readily detachablefrom the fixed portions of the organ-case without manipulation of thefast-enings.

a a are the ends of the case, which may have the usual form. Betweenthese ends, where they rise above the key-board, is situated theinclined music-desk b. This deskis constructed so as to be readilyremovable Without the necessity of drawing bolts, screws, or the like.

On the back of the desk I) are secured, one at each end, hook-buttons c,which engage, respectively, pins or studs (1 in the ends a of the case.These pins form supports for the desk and also pivot-points on which itturns when the desk is being removed. I

At its upper front corners the desk rests against suitable stops 6 onthe ends of the case, and it is held up to these stops by springdetentsg, the ends of which bear on inclines it, formed on the rear face of thedesk at its ends. Thus the desk is held firmly in its position; but itmay be readily removed by pressing its upper part (above the pins (1)forcibly back, when the inclines h on the desk act to press in thespring-detents and allow the desk to be pushed past them. Thehookbuttons 0 may now be lifted ofif from the pivot-pins d, and the deskdrawn out at the front of the organ. The desk may be replaced byreversing these operations, the engagement of the buttons with thepivot-pins being first effected, and the lower part of the desk thenpressed forcibly back until the detents spring out and take behind it.The free ends of these spring-detents may be slightly rounded, so as topermit of their ready disengagement in the manner described.

t' is the key-slip, which is arranged in the front of the case and justbelow the keys. Ordinarily this key-slip is secured to the keyblocks jor to the ends a of the case with bolts or screws.

In order to render the key-slip readily removable without the necessityof drawing bolts, screws, or the like, or indeed the manipulation of anyfastenings, I arrange the loweredge of the key-slip e' to engage aretaining-groove in the upper edge of thefixed rail 7c, and on the backof the key-slip I mount suitable buttons or catches I, one at each end,which engage, respectively, spring-latches m, mounted on some fixed partof the case. These latches hold the key-slip quite firmly in place; butit may be removed by forcibly pulling its top outward or forward,pressing downward on it at the same time. It may be replaced by settingits loweredge in the groove in the rail 7t and then pushing its topinward until the latches m are heard to engage the catches Z.

It is desirable to remove the front board of the organ at times in orderto afford access to the interior, and I provide means for securing saidfront board non-positively to the fixed parts of the organ-case, saidsecuring device being similar to that employed for the key-slip. Thisconstruction is illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, and 5, to which reference maybe had for a better understanding of the following description. at isthe front board, the

lower edge of which engages a groove or recess in a fixed rail 0. Theupper edge of the front board rests in a rabbet in an upper rail 1). Onthe inner faces of the ends a of the organ are secured spring-detents 8,one at each end of the organ, and when the front board is in place thesedetents take behind inclines or bevels 011 the ends of the front boardat these points, as seen in Fig. 5, and hold the board firmly up to thestop formed by the rabbet in rail 1). The board may be removed byforcibly drawing its top outward or forward until it isfree from thedetents, the latter yielding to allow it to pass. In replacing the boardthe lower edge thereof is made to engage the groove in the bottom rail0, and the upper part of said board is then pushed in or back until thespring-detents 5 take behind it. As the detents are arranged close upunder the projecting part of the organ, they will not be visible to theordinary observer.

The front board may be provided with knobs or handles to or some similardevice to enable one to grasp it for removal.

I prefer to provide two retaining or securing devices for themusic-desk, the key-slip, and the front board, one device being placedat each end of the removable part; but good results may be attained withbut one fastening for the part. The retaining devices are concealed, asherein shown, and I prefer that they should be so concealed, so thatthey may not mar in any degree the appearance of the organ. Thesedevices are all non-positive, in the sense that they may be disengagedby pressure alone exerted on the part, and this is their notablecharacteristic. Nevertheless the fastenings are of such a nature thatthey cannot be affected by ordinary shrinking of the wood of the parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim+ 1. An organ-case having aremovable music-desk and a spring which retains the desk in place in anon-positive manner, as described, the said case and desk having alsoreciprocal means of engagement, substantially as set forth.

2. An organ-case having a removable keyslip and a spring which retainsthe said slip in place in a non-positive manner, as described, the saidcase and slip having also reciprocal means of engagement, substantiallyas set forth.

3. An organ-case having a removable front board n and a spring whichretains said board in place in a non-positive manner, as described, thesaid case and board having also reciprocal means of engage men t,substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination, with the ends of an organ-case provided withpivot-pins (1, springdetents g, and stops 6, of the music-desk providedat its back with hook-buttons engaging the pins (1, and with inclines hat the points where the spring-detents bear thereon.

5. The combination, with the fixed portion of the organ-case providedwith a springlatch on and the rail 70, of the key-slip 2', engaging arecess in said rail at its lower edge and provided on its inner facewith a catch 1, engaging the said spring-latch.

(3. The combination, with the fixed portion of an organcase providedwith a spring-detent s and a recessed rail 0, of the front board at, itslower edge engaging the recess in said rail and provided with a bevel atthe point where it is engaged by said detent.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LEVI K. FULLER.

Witnesses:

WALTER H. CHILDs, J. E. HALL.

